The effect of education on teenage fertility: causal evidence for Argentina

This is the first study exploring the causal effect of education on teenage fertility in Argentina. We exploit an exogenous variation in education from the staggered implementation of the 1993 reform, which increased compulsory schooling from 7 to 10 years. We find a negative overall impact of educa...

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Autores principales: Alzúa, María Laura, Velázquez Battistessa, Cecilia
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2017
Materias:
Economía
Teenage fertility
Education
Instrumental variables
Compulsory schooling laws
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/97987
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/56615
https://izajodm.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40176-017-0100-8
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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topic Economía
Teenage fertility
Education
Instrumental variables
Compulsory schooling laws
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
spellingShingle Economía
Teenage fertility
Education
Instrumental variables
Compulsory schooling laws
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
Alzúa, María Laura
Velázquez Battistessa, Cecilia
The effect of education on teenage fertility: causal evidence for Argentina
topic_facet Economía
Teenage fertility
Education
Instrumental variables
Compulsory schooling laws
Latin America and the Caribbean
Argentina
description This is the first study exploring the causal effect of education on teenage fertility in Argentina. We exploit an exogenous variation in education from the staggered implementation of the 1993 reform, which increased compulsory schooling from 7 to 10 years. We find a negative overall impact of education on teenage fertility rates, which operates through two complementing channels: a human capital effect (one additional year of schooling causes a decline of 30 births per 1000 girls) and a weaker ‘incapacitation’ effect (a rise of one percentage point in enrollment rate reduces 3 births per 1000 girls).
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title_full The effect of education on teenage fertility: causal evidence for Argentina
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title_full_unstemmed The effect of education on teenage fertility: causal evidence for Argentina
title_sort effect of education on teenage fertility: causal evidence for argentina
publishDate 2017
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